Microsoft's original product, was simply a product he bought called QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating system) and then licensed to IBM.
Microsoft was known for cloning other people's technology (LDAP became "Active Directory") and then using their monopoly position to force everyone to use it.
The original startup sound for Windows XP was made with a cracked (pirated) copy of Sony Sound Forge as well, proving that their BSA bullying of businesses (pay up for the unlicensed windows or else) was kind of silly as their own engineers were ripping off Sony's software.
I could write a book on how evil and shitty Microsoft are.
Nucleonic 0 points 4.3 years ago
Microsoft's original product, was simply a product he bought called QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating system) and then licensed to IBM.
Microsoft was known for cloning other people's technology (LDAP became "Active Directory") and then using their monopoly position to force everyone to use it.
The original startup sound for Windows XP was made with a cracked (pirated) copy of Sony Sound Forge as well, proving that their BSA bullying of businesses (pay up for the unlicensed windows or else) was kind of silly as their own engineers were ripping off Sony's software.
I could write a book on how evil and shitty Microsoft are.